Work
will continue on SR 541 on a culvert replacement about six miles west of
Coshocton. The road closed July
17th, and will remain closed for 16 days
while crews are working.

SR 715
between US 36 and SR 206 in Walhonding will be restricted while crews work on
canopy cutting. Work will take place from 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.. Traffic
will be maintained during the first phase, the second phase will require
closures and more details will be sent out when available.

Crews
will continue to work on SR 60 in Metham in between CR 24 and CR 49 for a
bridge replacement. The road will close July 21st and be
closed for 90 days. The project will be completed by November 15th,
2014. Detour: SR 36 to SR 206 to US 62 and reverse.

Work on
SR 206 will continue to restrict one lane in between SR 541 and US 62 for
resurfacing work. Crews will close one lane and traffic will be
maintained with flaggers. The work will take place from 7:00 a.m.-6:00
p.m. and be completed by October 1st, 2014.

Fairfield County

July 28 *New

US 22
will be closed west of Rushville for 10 days for a culvert replacement.

Detour
: SR 664 to SR 37 to US22.

Ongoing

SR 204
between SR 37 and SR 188 will be closed in various locations for culvert
replacements during the daytime from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The culvert
locations are; just south of Laker Dr. on Lancaster Street and just east of the
SR 204 Shell Beach Rd. Intersection. The project will be complete August, 1st.

Work
will continue on SR 37 as workers continue to repair a bridge East of
Lancaster. One lane of traffic will be closed and maintained with a
signal.

Work
will continue in Downtown Lancaster on a resurfacing project onSR 37, SR 158 and US 22 within the City of Lancaster. The project
estimated completion is the end of August 2014.

Guernsey County

Work on
SR 265 will continue on multiple culvert replacements, each requiring a ten day
closure. Details regarding the closures will be provided as the schedule
becomes available.

Resurfacing
work continues on I-70 and SR 265. Beginning July 7 night work began on
I-70 which will require lane closures from 6:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Resurfacing
work continues on SR 513 and lane closures may be needed for short periods of
time, traffic will be maintained with flaggers. Storm sewer installation
work continues in the Village of Quaker City.

Guardrail
upgrades have begun on US 22, from IR 77 to Harrison County. Traffic will
be maintained with flaggers as needed.

Knox County

Ongoing

Resurfacing
work will continue on SR 13 from end of 4 lane section south of Zolman Rd. to
Richland County line, SR 95 from SR 95/ Salem Rd intersection to Richland
County line and SR 546 from SR 546/ SR 13 intersection to the Richland County
line. One lane of traffic will remain open and maintained with flaggers.
Work will take place from 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Estimated Completion is
September 30, 2014.

SR 541
will be closed during daytime hours, 6:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. for multiple culvert
replacements. There may be a need for nightly closures but crews will try
to open the road at the end of each day. The road will be closed between
US 62 and the Coshocton County Line. This week crews will work between Van
Winkle Rd and Clark Rd. and between Woods Church Rd. and McCament Rd. The road
will reopen August 8, 2014 weather permitting.
Detour: SR 586 South to SR 79 North and reverse. Eastbound traffic will be
detoured to SR 586 south, to SR 79 north back to SR 541, and reverse for
westbound traffic.

Licking County

July 28* New

The
driving lane and outside shoulder of IR 70 WB, between SR 158 and SR 37, will
be closed nightly, from 8 PM to 6 AM, beginning Monday, July 28th through
Saturday, August 2nd, for overhead bridge repairs.

July 25 *New

Work
will begin on constructing a new bikeway bridge in the village of Granville.
The bridge will connect TJ Evans Trail to Raccoon Valley Park. The estimated
completion date for the project is May 31, 2015

Ongoing

Licking
Trail Rd will be closed over I-70 for construction.

The
road will be closed until October 31st, 2014 while crews work to repair the
bridge. Two lanes traffic on I-70 will be maintained during the daytime.

Detour:
Christland Hill Rd to Lancer Rd to US 40 and reverse.

Update:

Interstate
70 will be restricted from three lanes to one lane in both directions between
SR 13 and the Buckeye Lake rest area on
the evenings of Thursday, July 17, Friday, July 18, and Monday, July 21. Two
lanes will remain open in both directions during daytime hours for that
period. Work will begin at 6:00 p.m. and end at 6:00 a.m. on all three
evenings for repair of the Licking Trails Road bridge over the interstate.

Paving will continue throughout the county for the month of
July. Crews will continue on State Routes 146, 586 and 37, weather
permitting. Traffic will be maintained with flaggers during the paving
operation.

Work
will continue on a bridge replacement and improvement project at the
intersection of Refugee and York Rd. Crews will work on building a new
bridge without affecting traffic. Road closures will occur in the spring
of 2015, estimated completion of the project is fall of 2015.

Ongoing

CR 539
(Broadway/Granville-Newark Rd.) will be restricted to one lane for
resurfacing. Work will take place between Beachwood Drive and Westwood
Drive in the village of Granville. Crews will work from 7:00 a.m. until
6:00 p.m. One lane of traffic will be maintained with flaggers.
This project will be completed October 31, 2014.

State
Route 37 crews are working to resurface the route between the Delaware county
line and the Interstate 70 Interchange.
The contractor is currently performing mill and fill between US 40 and
SR 16. During the resurfacing one lane
will be closed and traffic will be maintained with flaggers. Work will
take place between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Work
will continue on I-70 about two miles west of SR 79 on a bridge replacement
project. Workers are continuing to build on the new bridge and traffic is
being maintained with a median barrier.

Update*New

Westbound
traffic will be restrict to one lane on
Wednesday July 30 from 9:00am to 1:00pm to switch traffic from Westbound inside
lanes back to westbound outside lanes so that work in middle lanes can be
completed.

Work
will continue on SR 16 between Dayton Road and the Muskingum County line.
Currently Traffic on SR 16 is restricted to one lane from SR 586 to just
West of SR 146 in the Westbound direction. Crews are also paving in both
lanes.

Work
will continue on a paving project including both Licking and Fairfield counties
in the Buckeye Lake and Hebron area. Workers will be adjusting manholes,
valves and inlets to grade.

Work
will continue in the city of Newark at the Dayton Rd. and SR 16 interchange and
the W. Main Street and 30th Street intersections as workers upgrade
signals. Traffic will be maintained with minimum lane closures
needed. Estimated completion is September 30, 2014.

Muskingum County

July 28 *New

Church
Hill Rd will be closed for a culvert replacement. Crews will work at the intersection of State
Route 93 in Washington Twp. beginning and 7:00 a.m. The road will reopen
at 4:00 p.m.

Ongoing

Work
will continue on SR 208 to replace a bridge, approximately ¾ mile north of
Adamsville.

Detour:
SR 60 to SR 16 to SR 83 to SR 93, and reverse.

SR 60,
just over a mile south of Duncan Falls, will remain closed for work on a rock
slope repair for 60 days. Crews will remove rock and install steel mesh
slope protection to ensure the safety of drivers and prevent potential rock
falls from entering into the roadway. The road will remain closed until Monday,
September 15th, weather permitting.
Detour: SR 60 to SR 78 to SR 284 to SR 146 to SR 60.

Work
will continue to construct median cross-overs and pavement widening, on IR 70,
from SR 93 to the Airport Road Interchange. This is in preparation for the
upcoming operations to fill existing mine voids, located within the highway
right-of-way. All lanes will be shifted away from the median, while this first
phase of the work is being completed. Future updates on changes in traffic
patterns will be provided, as the project progresses. The contractor will be
closing one lane at a time, during non-peak evening and nighttime hours to
perform various operations needed to shift traffic to the outside shoulders and
driving lanes, for mine grouting work to begin.

SR 666
remains closed for a bridge replacement near Bateman Rd, about three miles
north of Zanesville.

Detour:
SR 60 to SR 208 to SR 666 and reverse. Project is set to be complete by
October, 2014.

Work to stabilize a
slipped embankment, by removing poor soils and placing rock along WB 70, near
Hopewell continues.

Crews continue to
work on SR 83 on a bridge repair at the US 40 and US 22 Intersection. The
bridge is in Phase 2 of construction. Estimated completion is fall of 2014.

Southbound traffic
detour: US 22 west to I-70 east, back to SR 83. Alternatively, drivers can
follow US 22 east to SR 723 south, to I-70 west. Reverse routes will apply to
northbound traffic.

Perry County

June 28*New

SR 37
will close for 10 days for a box culvert replacement east of Tatman’s Rd.

Detour:
SR 555 to SR 669 to SR 93 to SR 37 and reverse.

District Wide

Ongoing

Bridge
rehabilitation, including concrete patching, concrete deck sealing, and bearing
repairs will be performed on 16 structures, at various locations in Coshocton,
Guernsey, Knox, Licking and Muskingum Counties.

Drivers can expect to see crews throughout the entire district
marking pavement. The workers will work either as a moving operation or
close one lane of a four way highway as needed. Work will start in
Muskingum county and continue until May, 2015 as part of a safety project to
improve visibility of pavement markers to drivers.

Various bridge repairs will continue this summer throughout
Fairfield and Licking County. Workers are currently working on
resurfacing of these bridges and any lane closures will take place at night.

Guardrail repair will be taking place this summer and into April
2015, crews may close lanes and use flaggers to maintain traffic for short
periods of time as needed

Various traffic signal upgrades are being performed throughout the
District. Workers are installing new poles, cables, signal heads and up-to-date
controller equipment.​